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Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Club Meeting 15 April 2018

Hi all,

A slight shuffle of the members pack changed some of the faces this week. No Derek - he is in Japan - but Rod rejoined us, with 4 feet of platform under his arm. That kept Geoff the Sec quiet all afternoon, working around Steward. Paul arrived with a container crane/lifter/traverser thing for Port Gary. Also a visiting tugboat and sailing dinghy that looked quite at home. George turned up for an unscheduled session. He had to be around the island this weekend to take delivery of a new fridge. Which he does not expect to equal the 37 years service that the old fridge gave. And it turns out that I was in the wrong corner of Germany last week. Should have been Baden-Württemberg, not Bavaria. (Did you like the umlaut?). Geoff the Pres fixed a point motor that wasn't throwing properly - some operation that involved being under the bench with screwdriver, spare screws, superglue and dedication. He then went off to join Dale at Mousehole.

This is what we left behind

Dale had news of one of our invisible members, having met Tony on a shopping expedition during the week. Tony still has other commitments on Sundays, but one of these days.... . So yes, footpaths and railings going in at Mousehole. And a road that comes from nowhere, and goes back there. A solution will be found. I think that I have finished servicing all the KaDee couplers currently in residence. Judy decided that the sensible thing to do was to stay home and turn up the heater. Not silly, that girl. It must also be said that at the club we are well looked after by the big unit in the corner that kept us at a comfortable 22 degrees. Unlike the big hall, where the Greek Association were having lunch. It seems that some one had turned all the aircons to the cooling cycle, which Alan D did not pick as he tried to get the place to warm up. After they finished their lunch, we had lots of visitors - all very complimentary. Martin was also particularly welcome this week, as he brought some of Carol's choc chip biscuits. Also my thanks to anon, who brought buttered slices of fruit cake. Next week George has promised us something from Jane's repertoire.

During the week, David Hall and I took the original Grossard Court layout to Wonthaggi, to show to the residents at Rose Lodge. Those who know about these things (e.g. David and the lady in charge of such things at Rose Lodge) deemed the visit a success. Not at all welcome was the news that Grant had suffered a minor stroke. The prognosis is that it will be a few weeks before he is allowed to drive again. The silver lining is that he will eventually arrive with the church that he has been going to build for a while. This has been taken on as therapy to improve co-ordination. Best wishes from us all.